Coffee Break
"Like Him"
This journey that I have been on has been for the purpose of re-forming a greater Christ-likeness in me. We were made in God's image at the beginning of creation, but because of sin that image has been marred. When Jesus died on the cross, He not only died to save us from our sins, but to make us brand new creations. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." This verse literally means a new spies of being that never existed before.
When you gave your life to Christ and was born-again you become a brand new person. At that point the Holy Spirit begins to do a work of transformation in you. He is not making you a better you-- He is making you a brand new you. He washes our sins away and starts doing a work from the inside out-- starting with our hearts.
If you have been saved and there is no change in you-- no change of heart, no change of attitude, no change in your desires, you don't have a desire for the things of God, there no desire to be changed and live your life in a way that is pleasing to God-- then you may need to go back to the altar and truly get right with the Lord. Because anyone who is born-again is different than they were. You can't receive Jesus as Savior and remain the same.
Sometimes during our Christian walk, if we aren't careful, we can stop in the process of transformation. I feel like this is what happened to me. I didn't realize that I had stopped allowing the Holy Spirit to take me to a deeper spiritual level-- one that looked more Christ-like.
Have you stopped allowing the Holy Spirit to continue the transformation process in you? Have you become satisfied with where you are spiritually? Are you letting Him do in your life what He desires to do to make you more like Him? Surrender, and let Him make you into what He desires you to be.
Have a great day. Jesus is not making us a better us, He is making us more like Him.
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